‘The Office:’ Everbody dance now

Handsome Charles Miner put a lot of effort into making work the top priority of the Scranton branch, an approach that Michael finds distasteful. (“When I was running this place, it was like Dave & Buster’s…now it’s like Dave died or something.”) And so, he put a lot of effort into shiftin their focus back to wasting time. Two words, my friends: Café Disco.

Michael’s staff struggled with the idea of it at first – thanks to Dwight’s “Shining” homage, Meredith thinks it’s a “a haunted coffeehouse.” And, even when they sort-of get it, going to a “daytime disco” on the ground floor of an industrial office complex doesn’t sound terribly appealing. (As Craig Ferguson would say, I KNOW!)

In this case, it takes those trend-spotting guys at Vance Refrigeration (and the booty-shaking Erin and Kelly dancing in the dark) to help turn the former home of the Michael Scott Paper Company into the place to be. Michael’s dream of a place where “unattractive and attractive people get together” came true — a surprisingly beautiful thing, as it turns out, that inspires Pam and Jim to decide against eloping to Youngstown, Ohio, in favor of a “wedding wedding.” (How cute was Jim picking that bouquet of yellow wildflowers for his bride?)

There were some nice call-backs to earlier episodes in this one. The array of mood-setting equipment (boom box, lava lamp, etc.) seems to be the same stuff that he brought with him to the convention a few years ago, with the “expresso” maker subbing for the booze. The limbo pole (and Michael gleefully bopping around) reminded me of “Booze Cruise.” And it was nice to see Phyllis and Dwight once again share confidences, as they did when he sought her advice to help win back Angela.

The café, and the “Flashdance” dance-off, looked like the beginnings of a friendship between Andy and Kelly, a pairing that makes complete sense. (It’s already paying off by giving us this line at the end of the episode, as Kelly tried to pierce Andy’s ear in the ladies’ room: “You’re sure that’s not the gay ear?”) I’m hoping they explore that more in the future — this might even blossom into a nice romance between the two of them –though the news that Mindy Kaling is developing her own series may put the kibosh on that. (Incidentally, anybody know how many more episodes are left this season?)

What we learned: Ryan accepted Michael’s offer that he return to his Dunder Mifflin roots as a temp. Phyllis is worried that Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration, is going to cheat on her with his new, Phyllis-like secretary. And Dwight has an excellent eeeeeeeeeeevil laugh (and also does a pretty good Nicholson impression).

Unanswered question: How much did Dwight pay Erin to pretend she had won an art contest just to bug Pam?

Best lines: Dwight, speaking to everyone when he was trying to figure out who had printed the map to Youngstown: “I’ll take your silence to mean you’re all hiding something.” Jim, laying out his plans for the day to a not-so-cute (according to her) Pam: “You know what I want to do today? I want to marry you.” Michael, talking Erin into a cup of “expresso:” “You’ve got to keep yourself dehydrated.” Michael, trying to lure his staff to the daytime disco: “Funk is the problem, and funk is the solution.”

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